Solitario Zinc Corp. announced that the Solitario Board of Directors (the 'Board') has appointed Ms. Debbie Mino-Austin to join the Board of Solitario and will be added to the slate of Directors to stand for re-election at the forthcoming 2022 annual shareholders' meeting. Ms. Mino-Austin worked for more than thirty years with increasing responsibility at Solitario, most recently as Vice-President of Investor Relations, before retiring in 2018.

She has a unique understanding of corporate operations and the mining industry in general, the structure and goals of Solitario as well the investment community associated with the junior mining industry. Ms. Mino-Austin currently serves on the board of directors of the Yoakum National Bank in Yoakum, Texas. Ms. Mino-Austin received her B.S. degree magna cum laude from Texas AM University.